Coconut (song)

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Coconut is a calypso written and first recorded by Harry Nilsson.

The third single from his 1971 album, Nilsson Schmilsson it features three distinct characters (the narrator, the sister, and the doctor) all sung in different voices by Nilsson. The song is perhaps best remembered for its chorus lyric, "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up." It has appeared in many films (including Practical Magic, in which it is proclaimed "a good song to get drunk to"), commercials (most famously for Coca-Cola with Lime), and even an episodes of The Simpsons and Futurama.

Cover versions of the song have been recorded by The Baha Men, The Muppets and, according to a Nilsson website, the Alice Cooper Band [1]. After being featured in the 1992 motion picture, Reservoir Dogs, Australian singer Dannii Minogue recorded the song as a bonus track on her third album Girl. It was subsequently released on December 7, 1998 only in Australia as final, fourth single from that album. It only charted at #62.

1 Dannii Minogue's version
2 Formats and track listings
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Dannii Minogue's version

"Coconut"
Image:Coconut-Large.jpg
Single by Dannii Minogue
from the album Girl
Released	November 16 1998
Format	CD single: Australia
Genre	Pop–dance
Label	Warner Music Australia
Writer(s)	Harry Nilsson
Producer(s)	Flexifinger
Chart positions
#62 (Australia)
Dannii Minogue singles chronology
"Disremembrance" (1998)	"Coconut " (1998)	"Everlasting Night" (1999)

Australian singer Dannii Minogue's covered the song her in 1998, produced by Flexifinger and appears as a hidden track on her third studio album, Girl (1997).

Although Eternal Records and Minogue had parted ways, Warner Music Australia released the song as a single. It was produced by Flexifinger and received a positive reception from music critics. "Coconut" was released as the fourth single in Australia only in the fourth quarter of 1998, where it reached number sixty-two on the singles chart. The video for the song featured a montage of Minogue's videos from the Girl era. The single release contains remixes for "Heaven Can Wait", which were originally planned to be released as the second single from the album.